I devote myself to music because of my grandmother. My mom and I lived with grandparents from the time I was two until I was eight. And even then, I was at their house before and after school every day while my mother was at work.
Grandma loved music. It was her that first
_31 me to Elvis Presley as a very young child, and once I heard his music, I was truly in
32 with it. Most five-year-olds ask for
33 for birthdays, but I wanted Elvis’albums. I would play them non-stop and
34 to the music in my grandma’s family room though my movements didn’t look good.
Grandma played the piano and
35 me to sing “America the Beautiful” and “Somewhere over the Rainbow”. I
36 started playing music on the piano, and soon Grandma was paying for me to take piano lessons from a lady living in the
37 . I would come home from __
38 and walk three houses down for my lesson. I _
39 took about nine months of lessons, but it was enough to give me a(n)
40 and allow me to continue to teach myself.
Last month when I came home to visit Grandma in the hospital, I brought along my guitar with me. She was in a lot of pain, but the music seemed to _
41 her soul. She had me sing some songs and when I started to sing “Somewhere over the Rainbow”, her weakened voice
42 in with mine for a few lines. That experience was one of the most 43 of my lifetime and one I will certainly cherish forever. I told her of my music career and she was very _
44 and said, “That’s wonderful!” I _
45 to play for her throughout the week I was home.
My grandma passed away two days ago. In my opinion, part of her will live on through every song I write or sing in my life.
| 小题1: | | A．sent | B．left | C．remembered | D．introduced |
|
| 小题2: | | A．debate | B．love | C．agreement | D．doubt |
|
| 小题3: | | A．music | B．space | C．gifts | D．toys |
|
| 小题4: | | A．wave | B．sleep | C．dance | D．play |
|
| 小题5: | | A．forced | B．prepared | C．enabled | D．taught |
|
| 小题6: | | A．generally | B．finally | C．fortunately | D．suddenly |
|
| 小题7: | | A．hotel | B．apartment | C．neighborhood | D．countryside |
|
| 小题8: | | A．school | B．hospital | C．street | D．office |
|
| 小题9: | | A．exactly | B．only | C．completely | D．seldom |
|
| 小题10: | | A．explanation | B．celebration | C．translation | D．foundation |
|
| 小题11: | | A．comfort | B．blame | C．attract | D．find |
|
| 小题12: | | A．joined | B．poured | C．moved | D．fell |
|
| 小题13: | | A．surprising | B．moving | C．puzzling | D．tiring |
|
| 小题14: | | A．sad | B．calm | C．bored | D．pleased |
|
| 小题15: | | A．refused | B．expected | C．continued | D．pretended |
|
